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'Invincibelle Spirit'
Hydrangea
The first ever pink Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens

You'll have your gardening friends hanging on
your every word when you brag about your 'Invincibelle Spirit,'
the first pink Smooth Hydrangea, H. arborescens.
Gargantuan-sized balls of deep pink appear in mid-summer and
continue into fall. The showy blossoms last for months
on the shrub, and for years in the vase.
Like its beloved sister 'Annabelle,' one of the most desirable traits of the Smooth Hydrangea is
that the flower buds are produced on new wood, providing
multitudes of billowing blossoms right up to the first
frost. Grows 3-4 feet tall, 3-4 feet wide, and prefers
shade to part shade. In full sun, in dry hot weather
additional watering will be needed. Wonderful as a specimen, background for perennial gardens,
in the woodland or in mass plantings. Very easy to
grow.
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A
Sugar Creek Gardens World
Exclusive
‘Little Annie’ Coneflower,
Echinacea
Out of the prairie of southern Illinois comes 'Little
Annie' Coneflower, Echinacea, a creation we may
be talking about for years--the tiniest, most floriferous
coneflower to date. Eric Shahlheber of Southernwood
Gardens has created a hybrid that only grows 6"-9" in
height. (The height might vary some based on soil, light,
fertilizer, etc., but he's grown them consistently at the 6"
size -- basal foliage stays 3", with tiny flower stalks only
a few inches taller than that. Did I hear someone say
"Perfect for fairy gardens!"???)
'Little Annie's' deep rich pink blossoms are also
sterile, meaning they can't produce any viable seeds.
This characteristic creates plants that are blooming
machines, giving everything they've got trying to reproduce.
'Little Annie' has proven to be one of the hardest workers
of all, creating multitudes of flowers in summer and fall.
Its small stature
and prolific blooms makes it perfect for containers, edging
gardens, and as focal points in miniature settings.
Gardening
friends, you are only going to find this beauty at Sugar
Creek Gardens. Eric has given us the honor of
introducing his baby to the world. We'll have it for
you in 2010, the rest of the world will have to wait until
2011.
Plants will be in
limited supply. For those of you that don't want to
miss out, we are now accepting orders for
spring 2010. Read more
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The Plant That Gets You What You Want
When you really need to pull out all the stops —
phenomenal foliage and flowers that demand all eyes —
your choice must be 'Ascot Rainbow' Euphorbia
'Ascot Rainbow’ is one of the most outstanding
new plants of the year. It was selected by the
Australian hybridizer for its highly ornamental variegated
flowers, which are actually bracts, and foliage, which look
fantastic spring through fall. Narrow, grey-green leaves
have a striking yellow edge. They are topped by clusters of
variegated cream, lime, and green flowers and bracts in
spring. In the cooler months, the foliage at the ends of
the stems becomes flushed with shades of red, pink, and
orange.
This plant makes a simply gorgeous specimen in
a brightly colored patio container and will add
inventive flair to the garden. It is highly heat and drought
tolerant. Grows 20" tall and wide.
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Hotter than Hot
'Fiesta
Time' Hollyhock, Alcea
As colorful and frilly as a senorita's
flamenco skirt, 'Fiesta Time' brings excitement and joy to
the garden. This vibrant selection produces short 3'
spikes of double, cerise pink, fringed blossoms beginning in
midsummer. Perfect for smaller gardens and containers.
An interesting fact of Hollyhocks is that they will grow
under Black Walnut trees; they are tolerant of the toxic
juglone that is emitted through the trees' roots.
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Another Supreme Beauty
from Master Hybridizer Marietta O'Byrne
'Golden Lotus' Lenten Rose, Helleborus
One
of the most beautiful and fascinating Hellebores ever, Marietta O’Byrne has
achieved perfection in this double yellow strain. Large
2-3½ inch, fully double flowers have 15-20 petals per
flower, giving them a very full, fluffy appearance. They
range from pale to lemon yellow and some are marked with
beautiful burgundy red speckling, shading, or picotee edges.
The backs of the petals may also be shaded with burgundy,
which is a lovely touch for these downward facing blossoms.
The Golden Lotus strain is exceptionally vigorous and grows
much like ‘Cherry Blossom’, a pink member of the series.
It is absolutely breathtaking when grown in combination with
the O’Byrne’s other double hellebores ‘Peppermint Ice’ and
‘Onyx Odyssey’.
Read and see more images here.
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'Bloomerang'
Everblooming Lilac
Grace your garden with wave
after wave of intoxicating scent and
luscious blossoms
We
were so excited last year when the repeat-blooming
lilac 'Josee' made the scene. Now we're upping the ante
with the introduction of 'Bloomerang,' which is the result
of a cross between 'Josee' and another lilac -- the result
being a compact, fragrant flowering machine.
'Bloomerang' reaches 4' tall and wide,
which makes it a good specimen plant or screening plant. It
will bloom best in full sun with rich, well-drained soil.
'Bloomerang' produces multitudes of deliciously scented
blossoms from spring until frost.
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Pure, luminous white, lavishly petaled blossoms with a
delightful, fresh fragrance
THE
WORLD'S FIRST DOUBLE PHLOX -- 'TIARA'
From
master hybridizer Jan Verschoor comes the very first double
white Tall Garden Phlox, P. paniculata hybrid.
The individual flowers of ‘Tiara’ can be either double or
single, and the petals unfurl like a rose bud making even
the single flowers appear double. Large, sweetly fragrant flower panicles are
borne atop relatively short plants from mid to late summer.
This new treasure is ideal for cut flowers because
the flower petals are drop resistant, meaning they hold
their petals until the entire cluster is spent. Grows
18-20”, prefers sun to part shade. For best blooming
water and fertilizer well.
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for armloads of
long-lasting cut flowers
‘Banana Cream’
Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum
The gardening world was all abuzz when word
got out that a
cut bouquet of 'Banana Cream's' lemon yellow flowers still looked as fresh and
yellow as the day they were cut -- two weeks later!
This plant truly delivers
the yellow flowers that other varieties aspire to. The
flowers are lemon yellow when they open, brightening to
light butter yellow as they mature. ‘Banana Cream’ blooms prolifically all
summer long atop strong, upright stems. Great compact
mounds of dark green foliage
look good all season. Try planting a
few in the landscape or combination containers and you’ll be
rewarded with loads of blooms for sunny bouquets.
Grows 2' tall and wide.
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Tantalize
your senses with
'Provence'
French
Lavender
Lavandula x intermedia
If you’re looking for the most fragrant
variety of lavender for making fresh or dried bouquets,
lavender wands, potpourri, or for culinary delights,
‘Provence’ is the best! This selection of French lavender
has long stems that are wonderful for cutting and produces
narrow, lavender blue flower spikes that are often picked to
make tea or lemonade, cookies and cakes, and other sweets.
Its fragrance is intense but sweet, not spicy.
The plant forms a large shrub and is often used en masse to
form a low hedge. It grows 3 feet all and wide.
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‘Dancing Queen’
Hosta
Bright yellow foliage
all season
We are thrilled to be able to offer this exceptionally
unique large, yellow hosta. Unlike
other yellow hostas which emerge or turn chartreuse,
‘Dancing Queen’ emerges bright yellow and remains yellow all
season long. The large leaves have a prominent pie crust
edge, adding even more pizzazz to this colorful hosta. In
mid to late summer, the foliage lightens to soft yellow and
the clump is topped with pale lavender flowers.
For an outstanding contrast of foliage and
color, pair it with the ferny 'Burning Heart' Bleeding
Heart, Dicentra. Its wonderful
attributes include everblooming vibrant red flowers and lush
blue-greens leaves. Exquisite! Grows 18" high
and 28" wide.
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Longest
blooming Epimedium available
Thrives in the toughest spots of dry shade
‘Fire Dragon’ Bishop's Hat
Epimedium
We are reintroducing this fascinating creature due to its
remarkable characteristics. It is longer blooming than any other Epimedium on the market.
The very unusual large flowers dangle well
above the interesting foliage, making a wonderful show as
they frolic in the wind. The ethereal blossoms are spectacularly
bi-colored yellow and purple. Reaches 14
inches tall and wide. Perfect for dry shade, used as a
groundcover where other shade lovers won’t cut it.
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Very
rare and choice
‘Kissho Kan’
Lucky Crown
Century Plant, Agave
This
rare dwarf Agave is a popular Japanese selection that is now
becoming in high demand from collectors in the US. Unlike
many Agaves which grow to be huge specimens, ‘Kissho Kan’
stays small, eventually growing only about a foot high. Its
smaller size makes it ideal for growing in patio pots and
troughs with other succulents. The plant forms a remarkably
symmetrical, round rosette of soft blue-grey to blue-green
leaves with clean ivory, toothed margins. Spines line the
margins of each leaf. The spines emerge yellow, transition
to light brown, and then finally age to cinnamon brown. The
thick and rigid leaves are tough as nails, almost
plastic-like to the touch, so you can be sure that deer and
other pests won’t touch this plant. Another common
name for this plant is Dwarf Variegated Butterfly Agave.
Grows 15" tall and 18" wide. A tender perennial that
makes a great house plant.
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A riot of color
'Fireworks'
Fountain Grass
This striking Pennisetum cultivar was
discovered in a batch of P. s. ‘Rubrum,’ the old
reliable Purple Fountain Grass that has been cherished for
years.
The new leaves are longitudinally striped
with white, green, and burgundy, lending a candy cane-like
appearance to the foliage. In full sun, the green and
white stripes become infused with hot pink, turning the
entire clump into a glowing mass of hot pink and red
foliage.
Like ‘Rubrum’, large, reddish purple, arching
bottlebrush plumes top the clump from midsummer to frost,
turning tan as they age. Only growing 2-3' makes it
perfect for container gardening. It prefers full sun
to part shade.
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Sugar Creek's Insider
Garden Tour
Sat., June 5, 10:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
We invite you to tour the private gardens of the staff of
Sugar Creek to benefit ‘Go Green,’ a joint program of St.
Patrick Center and Gateway Greening. This outstanding
effort offers job-training to St. Patrick Center clients.
A wide range
of gardening styles are represented in 6 gardens throughout
the Kirkwood, Glendale, and Webster Groves area—as unique
and colorful as the Sugar Creek team. Ticket holders will
get to experience the grand, the intimate, the whimsical,
and the outrageous gardens that our own employees nurture
and love—see how the “professional gardeners” garden! You
will also have the opportunity to enjoy a myriad of
varieties that serious plant nerds grow.
A highlight of the tour will be the City Seeds Urban Farm,
located near Union Station in downtown St. Louis. Tended by
St. Patrick Center clients, these urban farmers seek to
overcome homelessness, beat drug addiction and cope with
mental illness. Mentored by Gateway Greening, the farmers take classes
in horticulture while learning hands-on vegetable production
and landscape maintenance. As the seasons change, farmers
undergo a personal transformation as their experience
instills teamwork, responsibility and self-confidence. Food
grown is sold at local farmers markets to provide salaries
for St. Patrick Center participants and is donated to food
pantries. You will see first hand how gardening can create
jobs and change lives. Tickets $15, $18 day of tour.
To
learn more about the St. Patrick Center go here
http://stpatrickcenter.org
To
learn more about Gateway Greening go here
http://gatewaygreening.org/index.asp
Click on City Seeds to learn more about the program.
Go here to read
about all the exciting events and talks we have planned for
you.
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YOU FOUND IT!
Visit Sugar Creek Gardens,
tell the secret code words to a sales associate and you will
receive a FREE GARDEN GIFT. Limit one per family, one time
only per year. Offer good February 1, 2010-December 24, 2010.
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The Secret Codewords
are
Echeveria nodulosa

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Painted Lady or
sometimes know as Mexican Hen and Chicks is a
beautifully painted species of succulent Echeveria.
It forms rosettes of olive green leaves that are marked with
vivid red coloring on the margins and in the center. The
red markings are so unique, they look almost as if they are
hand-drawn with a felt tipped pen. Much like Hen & Chicks
Sempervivum, it forms a central rosette of foliage
surrounded by many offsets. The fleshy, pointed spoon
shaped leaves form rosettes up to five inches wide. The
rosettes are borne on naked, branching stems. In summer,
pale yellow flowers with pinkish red markings are produced
on up to 2 foot tall, erect, unbranched inflorescences,
flower stalks, with bracts colored similarly as the leaves.
Echeveria nodulosa is commonly grown in containers as
a temperennial where it is not hardy. In such cases, the
plants will grow as large as the container allows. Given
room, they can grow 1-2 feet tall. Echeveria prefers sun to
part shade, and likes protection from the hot afternoon
sun. It prefers well-drained, alkaline soil and likes to be
kept watered in spring and summer. It should not be watered
during the winter.
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Take the Guess Work Out
of Plant Selection
For colorful images of
plants, descriptions and care instructions visit
Reference Guide & Images.
For our listing of plants with sizes and
prices visit
Plant Price List.
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